Shark Bay, Western Australia World Heritage Site

Official name: Shark Bay, Western Australia | UNESCO
Country: Australia | Map
Continent: Australia
Location: State of Western Australia
-25.4861° Lat, 113.4361° Lon | Map
Code: 578
Time Zone: Australia/Sydney (AEST, +1000)
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Category: Natural
Description: Inscribed 1991. At the most westerly point of the Australian continent, Shark Bay, with its islands and the land surrounding it, has three exceptional natural features: its vast sea-grass beds, which are the largest (4,800 km2) and richest in the world; its dugong (‘sea cow’) population; and its stromatolites (colonies of algae which form hard, dome-shaped deposits and are among the oldest forms of life on earth). Shark Bay is also home to five species of endangered mammals.